Earl Reeves was killed in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2009, at approximately 11:40 p.m. The death occurred inside a location on Martin Luther King Jr. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide and Sexual Offenses Branch is handling the investigation, and a reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified, and the case remains listed among the city’s cold cases. An obituary for Earl Daniel Reeves Jr. noted his passing on May 2, 2009, and announced funeral services the following week. Anyone with information about the events on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue the night of May 1, 2009, is asked to come forward.